I just learned about a cool new tech tool called Gigapan which mounts a high definition camera onto a robotic stand and creates giant images from thousands of smaller ones. A man by the name of David Bergman used Gigapan to take a giant photo of the inauguration of our new president. If you zoom into the right spots you can find everything from Yo-Yo Ma taking a picture with his iPhone, to P-diddy. Pretty freaking cool how far you can zoom in. Check out the fullscreen panorama.
Link to David's site
The Titsest Looking Video Game Ever
Sorry about the lack of posts lately, I returned to college and whenever I am on my computer I cant help but to immediately launch Fallout 3. Anyway, I will try to post every day or two now.
ACE Team Software (a new independent game developer) is in the process of developing a new game called Zero Clash. It recently was named a finalist at the Independent Game's Festival for excellence in visual art. The art style is incredibly colorful and trippy looking, and I cant explain how excited I am for it. It is created using Valve's Source engine which has been used for many top tier titles such as Half Life 2 and Left 4 Dead. Check out the gameplay trailer!
ACE Team Software (a new independent game developer) is in the process of developing a new game called Zero Clash. It recently was named a finalist at the Independent Game's Festival for excellence in visual art. The art style is incredibly colorful and trippy looking, and I cant explain how excited I am for it. It is created using Valve's Source engine which has been used for many top tier titles such as Half Life 2 and Left 4 Dead. Check out the gameplay trailer!
Lets Move to Michigan!
The real estate market in the Great Lakes Region has reached such a terrible lowthat you can easily find a house for under $1000. These extremely low prices are due to the foreclosures of countless houses. For example, this three-bedroom, one-bath bungalow of about 1,000 square feet located in Detroit is listed at just $500. $500! Shit! I want to drop out of college and d for the rest of my life in this house!
Hit the read link for more info.
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A Year in 40 Seconds
I came across this guy's home photography project and it really sparked my interest in the art photography. What he did was take a picture of his backyard every so often throughout the entire year and blended them into a majestic 40 second high definition video. Once I gain a reliable and larger source of income I plan to invest in a high end camera and start practicing photography.
Click the read link to see his summary of the whole project and how he did it. It's actually quite interesting!
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New Technology Can Turn Your Car Into a Hybrid!
Mechanical engineer Ulrik Poulsen has developed a simple yet ingenious technology that allows you to transform your ordinary gasoline-powered car into a half gas, half electric hybrid. This is accomplished by bolting motors onto the un-powered wheels and connecting them to a large battery stored inside the car. The motors assist the car's engine in powering the car, and the batteries are charged using regenerative breaking. 
Click the read link for more info!
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Click the read link for more info!
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Merry Christmas!
My parents told me that I am reaching the age where presents aren't that important so I got very little for Christmas this year (my dad said it was because of the recession). But what I got was still pretty freaking awesome. Here's the list:
Club Room Moccasins
Tamarac Deerskin Moccasins
Creative Noise Isolating Headphones
And the best of all: a Schrute Farms Beets Long Sleeve T-Shirt!
Both of the moccasins are plush and so comfortable. The headphones are quite nice for the price. They fit perfectly into my ears and after about 5 minutes I forget that I still am wearing them. The sound isolation works great, and the lows and highs both come through in the sound very well.
All in all, a good holiday.
Club Room Moccasins
Tamarac Deerskin Moccasins
Creative Noise Isolating Headphones
And the best of all: a Schrute Farms Beets Long Sleeve T-Shirt!
Both of the moccasins are plush and so comfortable. The headphones are quite nice for the price. They fit perfectly into my ears and after about 5 minutes I forget that I still am wearing them. The sound isolation works great, and the lows and highs both come through in the sound very well.
All in all, a good holiday.
Seems House!!! Mons D!!
Posting live from Seems House! Commander D Head himself has granted me permission to operate his MacBook Pro and post some fascinating stuff. Seems has been composing some interesting music while taking his winter leave from college. They are creative mixes of two or more songs that blend pretty well for some homemade compositions. I'm hosting three sample songs as I type this. Just click the links to listen in!!!
Hundred Million Dollars mixed with Huddle Formation
Ms. Officer mixed with Magic Castles
Change Clothes mixed with Tear Drop
Hundred Million Dollars mixed with Huddle Formation
Ms. Officer mixed with Magic Castles
Change Clothes mixed with Tear Drop
How Not to Melt Ice at Your House
A man residing in New Bedford, Massachusetts tried to melt ice off his back porch using a blowtorch hooked up to his 20 lb propane tank. He proceeded to get too close to the structure with the 2820 °C flame and did some significant damage to his house. Over $30000 dollars worth of damage in fact. Honestly what could you be thinking to go through with such a stupid decision?
"I guess it would be ok to use a scathing hot, flaming tool that can be used to melt and cut metal right next to my uninsulated, highly flammable house.................."
Click the Read link for the whole tale of this genius.
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"I guess it would be ok to use a scathing hot, flaming tool that can be used to melt and cut metal right next to my uninsulated, highly flammable house.................."
Click the Read link for the whole tale of this genius.
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The Year 2008 In Photographs. EPIC!
I have been reading (well looking at) this blog called The Big Picture for a good while now. Its updated periodically by the Boston Globe Newspaper, and it is a compilation of all different high-res photos from the associated press. Usually each post has a common theme and the last 3 days have been The Year 2008 In Photographs.
These photo albums and captions are epic! Some pictures are just friggen sweet and others are really heart wrenching. I could research for hours about each photo. Anyway check out all 3 sections because every photo is tits. The links are after this example of how crazy these photos are:
"Maasai warriors cover a battle field as they clash with bows and arrows with members of the Kalenjin tribe in the Kapune hill overlooking the Olmelil valley located in the Transmara District in Western Kenya on March 01, 2008. The Massai, the Kalenjin and the Kisii tribes have recently clashed over ongoing land disputes that erupted after botched local elections during the general elections held in Kenya in December of 2007. Over twenty warriors from the tribes have been killed in bow and arrow battles near the borders of these tribes in the last couple of months. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)"
There are still bow and arrow battles being fought. Wow.
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These photo albums and captions are epic! Some pictures are just friggen sweet and others are really heart wrenching. I could research for hours about each photo. Anyway check out all 3 sections because every photo is tits. The links are after this example of how crazy these photos are:
"Maasai warriors cover a battle field as they clash with bows and arrows with members of the Kalenjin tribe in the Kapune hill overlooking the Olmelil valley located in the Transmara District in Western Kenya on March 01, 2008. The Massai, the Kalenjin and the Kisii tribes have recently clashed over ongoing land disputes that erupted after botched local elections during the general elections held in Kenya in December of 2007. Over twenty warriors from the tribes have been killed in bow and arrow battles near the borders of these tribes in the last couple of months. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)"There are still bow and arrow battles being fought. Wow.
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Part 3